October 5/6/7

October 5/6/7

Sat, Oct. 6 | 1:00 pm | 90 minutes

Bo Burnham Talks with Michael Schulman

Post-adolescent.

Comedy

Photograph by Jeff Vespa

Bo Burnham is a filmmaker, a writer, and a comedian from suburban Boston. He started his career online, in 2006, posting satirical songs on YouTube, and is known for his standup-comedy specials, including “Words, Words, Words,” “what.,” and “Make Happy.” He has also directed specials for Jerrod Carmichael and Chris Rock. His first film, “Eighth Grade,” which he wrote and directed, opened in August of this year.

Michael Schulman has contributed to The New Yorker since 2006. He has written more than a hundred Talk of the Town pieces, on subjects including Pee-wee Herman, Carrie Fisher, Pedro Almodóvar, Emma Thompson, and the inventor of the everything bagel. He is the author of the Times best-seller “Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep.” His Profile of Bo Burnham, “The Awkward Age,” appeared in the July 2, 2018, issue of The New Yorker.